{"id":582962,"date":"2026-02-11T19:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/582962\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:58:22","slug":"whitney-houston-dies-at-age-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/582962\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston dies at age 48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>WALB is working to produce a video for this story. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our livestream.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">GEROGIA (WALB) &#8211; On this day in 2012, world-renowned singer and actress Whitney Houston passed away at the age of 48. Houston was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her hotel room in Beverly Hills, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Her death was later ruled an accidental drowning, with heart disease and the effects of drug use listed as contributing factors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 picture, Whitney Houston accepts an award at the Warner...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5CE4BTJ74ZA5DHEAJT54DOPQYQ.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1350\" \/>FILE &#8211; In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 picture, Whitney Houston accepts an award at the Warner Theatre during the 2010 BET Hip Hop Honors in Washington. Houston was the \u0093top trending\u0094 search of the year, according to Google Inc. People around the globe searched en masse for news about the superstar singer&#8217;s sad, accidental drowning  (AP Photo\/Nick Wass, file)(Nick Wass | AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Whitney Houston remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time, dominating the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Her string of number-one hits included \u201cI Wanna Dance With Somebody,\u201d \u201cGreatest Love of All,\u201d and \u201cSaving All My Love for You,\u201d among many others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Houston also found success on the big screen. She made her film debut in The Bodyguard, starring alongside Kevin Costner. The movie featured her iconic rendition of Dolly Parton\u2019s \u201cI Will Always Love You,\u201d which became one of the best-selling singles in music history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Houston also had ties to the state of Georgia. She and her then-husband, singer Bobby Brown, shared a home in Alpharetta. Following her death, Houston was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Legendary songstress Whitney Houston, right, sings 'My Love is Your Love' with her daughter...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RCWY6QUJNVCEFMQGNERMA45TNI.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"552\" \/>Legendary songstress Whitney Houston, right, sings &#8216;My Love is Your Love&#8217; with her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown on &#8216;Good Morning America&#8217; Sept. 1, 2009. (Source: Asterio Tecson\/Flickr)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That\u2019s This Day in History for February 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error that needs correction? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walb.com\/2026\/02\/11\/this-day-history-whitney-houston-dies-age-48\/mailto:walb-digitalproducers@gray.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Let us know.<\/a> Please include the article\u2019s headline in your message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">To stay up to date on all the latest news as it develops, follow WALB on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WALBNews10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WALBNews10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">X (Twitter)<\/a>. 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